Want to keep 5.1 but Nero Vision 4 DVD jitters from AVI file

[CoachSerpico]

Maybe someone can help me. I have gone through my DVD collection and would like to take the non-anamorphic DVDs and change them to "anamorphic" to fit the nice juicy plasma TV.

I've ripped it to the HD, taken it through AutoGK to make it an AVI file and then do the encoding process through Nero Vision 4 (basically because it outputs in 5.1 and I'd like to keep it).

Playback consists of jitters and out of sync video/audio.

I've ran the AVI through VirtualDub, I've done the .xxx with the Nero codecs so it could use the K-Lite codecs AND I've even threatened the computer with TM Ric Flair Chops. The 5.1 audio comes through but playback isn't so good what with the jitter and out of sync audio.

I've looked about everywhere on this topic and just can't seem to find a solution. Would an upgrade to Nero 8 work? I have TMPGenc and ConvertX but neither supports 5.1 audio output as far as I know...or do newer versions now make it available?

Anyone that could steer me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it...

[tomlee59]

Your post confuses me, so I'm missing something. I apologize in advance for asking questions that may seem obvious to you:

1) Why are you willing to tolerate the degradation in quality that each conversion step inevitably produces?
2) If the DVD is already widescreen, then why not just instruct your "juicy" widescreen display to display it that way?
3) If the DVD's movie is truly 4:3 to begin with (non-anamorphic), then you must be willing to accept either geometric distortion, letterboxing, or cropping to fit the movie on a widescreen. Which of these are you shooting for? And why? Again, if you are willing to accept these mods, then simply setting the display to "wide" or "zoom" or some such analogous choice would accomplish the same result, without the time, fuss, and degradation that comes with all the encodings you have been trying (without success).

Remember, anamorphic aspect ratio is simply a clever form of geometric predistortion to fit a widescreen movie into a 4:3 aspect ratio. Inverse geometric distortion restores the widescreen. If the movie isn't anamorphic to begin with, it's hard for me to understand what you are trying to accomplish with your proposed conversion, so please post back with some clarification.

[guns1inger]

The only simple solution that will a) preserve your 5.1 audio (in fact, can preserve everything abut your disc, if you want), and b) give you a decent to high quality output for this project, is DVD Rebuilder. Even the free version with HCEnc as the encoder will do a far better job than Tmpgenc, without the need to convert to AVI or do any of the other absurd things you have done (k-lite - Oh dear God !)

So start again. Uninstall k-lite and clean up your system as best you can. Install the free version of DVD Rebuilder. Rip your DVD to your HDD in file mode (i.e. do not create an ISO), then use the advanced settings in Rebuilder to convert your 4:3 letterbox to anamorphic while preserving your menus and audio.

So much simpler.

[CoachSerpico]

Zooming degrades the quality. That's obvious when I do it.

Stretching I can deal with, I just choose to investigate if I can get around it. I've done a few films from 4:3 that I know have been originally shot in 1:85 and that has had some success with little or no loss in quality that I've noticed from the original DVD. Of course, these were older films in Dolby stereo.

I'm looking to keep the Dolby Digital 5.1 along with a pseudo "anamorphic" for some films that are only widescreen. Stretching I can deal with (sort of), windowboxing - no, and zooming the picture just doesn't look good. Maybe it's my DVD player. Not sure.

I realize that I'm taking a long walk for a small prize. I guess it worked when I converted 4:3 to 1:85 with no loss in quality, so I thought I'd try it with a film that has 5.1 sound instead of stereo and that was "widescreen" instead of anamorphic. And it worked. It kept the Dolby 5.1 and the picture quality was definitely good - BUT after a few minutes the picture would get jittery and would go out of sync with the audio - then it would pop back in sync again. This would happen throughout the film...

I hope this helps clarify or maybe I've confused you more...and yeah, I know, I tend to ramble...

[CoachSerpico]

Gunslinger,

Cool, I'll try that and get back to you...Huh? k-lite bad? Who knew??

Thanks, you rock \m\ /m/

[CoachSerpico]

Wow! Did exactly what I wanted it to. Sweet! Thanks for the help!!